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Monday, January 23, 2012

Lunar New Year Celebrations

We get a CNY photo each year and I send them out to our relatives using the corresponding Canada Post stamp.

Each year, they wear a different outfit and I have always been able to find an outfit second hand. The outfits above were $1 each at St. Vincent de Paul. Last year, for the year of the Rabbit, they wore pink.

This weekend, I took the girls to see the lion dance at the Brickworks and we also went to a CNY party.

Dumplings

Members of Toronto’s Chinese Symphony Orchestra

China Town

I figured out how to make lucky red envelope fishes {this video is so helpful}

If you are going to a party, it is a nice touch to add a paper fish to some blossoms as a hostess gift. The wealth doll is available free from Canon (it took me nearly an hour to put together!).

For the party, Lily wanted a special hairstyle. One of the student teachers at her school wears chopsticks so she asked that I give that style a try.

Evangeline Hope at the party – she loves parties, noodles, and dumplings.

15 comments:

I'm sooo jealous. I wish we had all those opportunities in our community. I can't believe how inexpensive you are able to get clothing for your girls. Your pictures are just gorgeous. I can't wait to visit Josie's kindergarten later this morning to celebrate CNY with her classmates. She's been excited all weekend.

wow! between you and kim I feel like Im missing out on a major holiday! I need to make a dragon I think.your girls are adorable and I cant believe you found those outfits for that little! amazing!Have a great dayxovivian

I am with Kim on this! You get to go at the greatest of parties and have loads of fun! Thank you for sharing your adventures. I compensate the gap with your stories and pictures! Love the girls' kimonos especially E.H's. The color of hers is fab!

Wow! I can't believe you purchased the girls dresses for such a great price. Oh how I wish we had such neat communities nearby. I would love to take Tori to Chinatown, so that she could experience an Asian market. Maybe one of these days, we can take her back to China and the town of her birth.

Tori is celebrating today with her friends at preschool. I hope to get my pictures organized and posted from this weekend. We have so much to share!

Thanks for the tips on the fish envelopes! I will have to give it a try.